First lesson of a series of 4 lessons on passé composé. This lesson focuses on the grammar explanation of the passé composé with auxiliary avoir. The grammar explanation is broken down and scaffolded to allow for easy&efficient assimilation and retainment. Activities include a mini-whiteboard activity (online or with real mini-whiteboards) and a translation task.

The final lesson of passé composé includes a recap of passé composé with auxiliary ‘avoir’ and a full explanation of passé composé with auxiliary ‘etre’, with the SAP construction rule and the Mrs Vandertramp (verbs of movement or state of being) list. Activities include: a word snake game to use a starter, to settle the class and get them thinking a mini whiteboard task with challenges for higher achievers an unjumble the sentences task a final quiz to test the pupils’ understanding of passé composé

A full lesson on passé composé with auxiliary avoir. It includes a complete recap of passé composé with ‘avoir’ (as seen in lesson 1 and 2) and an explanation of passé composé with irregular past participles. Activities include: the same noughts and crosses game as lesson 2 to use a starter to check for retainment and understanding (feel free to change the questions inside) a mini-whiteboard task that includes irregular verbs a translation task a delayed dictation task to use as a plenary (find the sentences in the slide’s notes or make up your own).

A full lesson on food vocabulary and partitive articles. The lesson begins with a slide containing lots of food pictures - students should be asked which words they already know. Then lots of food vocabulary is presented with three mini match-up tasks and one final memory game to allow pupils to work on pronunciation and retainment. The lesson then moves on to a grammar presentation on partitive articles, with a fill the gap exercise. The last task is a fun bingo game to check for vocabulary retainment.

A few slides that can be added to a lesson on music instruments with an explanation of how to use ‘‘prefiero a’’. Activities include a fill the gap task, a text translation task, a well scaffolded speaking task, and a quiz.

A full lesson that includes a revision of food vocabulary (including a slide on Hispanic/Latino traditional food) and an intro to quantities. Activities include a slap the board/beat the teacher slide, a match-up task to get the pupils thinking of which quantities they recognise in Spanish, a reading task, and two well scaffolded speaking and writing tasks.

This is a short lesson to present French and try and engage pupils. It contains a few slides on words that pupils already know because the English language has borrowed them from French. It ends with a drawing/poster activity. This lesson is ideal for primary/elementary students and for Y7. Also ideal for SEND.

A lesson focussed on using connectives when talking about your town. The lesson begins with a fill the gap task and an unjumble the sentences task to recap vocabulary related to shops and talking about your town. Following is an activity that gets pupils thinking about words they don’t know in pairs and getting them to find the general context of different texts. After this, the pupils can take notes of a few link words that they can use in the next activities. These activities include a match-up (which is a good model for the next task), a reading task (which is again a good model for the next task) and a writing task.

A full lesson based on ‘‘ma ville’’ vocabulary with an explanation of demonstrative adjectives. The lesson begins with a reading task based on a town in France. It follows with a quick recap of the adjectives used in the text to check student knowledge and retrieval. It then goes on to explain how to use demonstrative adjectives and it follows with a fill the gap activity, before moving on to a mini whiteboard practice with a stretch/challenge for higher achievers. It ends with a speaking activity (trapdoor game) which is also going to be a good model for future writing tasks.

A fun and engaging lesson based on ‘‘my town’’ vocabulary. It includes a recap of demonstrative adjectives (find the full lesson on demonstrative adjectives in my shop) with a listening exercise (the teacher is the speaker - read the powerpoint notes for the text I used, or create your own). Following is a reading task introducing prepositions, and then a full list of prepositions with a Youtube video to help engage students and drill in knowledge. Follows a writing + speaking well scaffolded task. Finally a fun, competitive noughts and crosses game.

A full lesson on foods and diet with a focus on healthy/unhealthy eating. The lesson begins with an odd one out starter activity to get pupils thinking about food vocabulary. It moves on to a recap of food vocabulary with a recall competitive game that you can adapt to your needs. After a quick introduction to Spanish and Mexican foods, the lesson goes on to a sorting out activity where pupils decide which foods are healthy or unhealthy, before moving on to a translation task that is also a model for the next activity (a well scaffolded writing task). Finally, the lesson ends with a slide on the best tips for learning new vocabulary.

A full lesson on describing your favourite food, with a focus on a variety of adjectives and the expressions ‘tener hambre’ and ‘tener sed’. Activities include a text comprehension/vocab recall task, a well scaffolded writing task, and a Quizzizz I created. The lesson presents lots of opportunities for pupils to speak in Spanish and to translate words.

Detective game to play outdoors with Y7 or Y8 (11-13 y.o.). Can be played in teams. Looking for and describing animals, plants, people and/or buildings.

Lesson on present tense of regular verbs with grammar rule and verb endings. The slides include a practice on conjugating regular verbs into the present tense (with an extra challenge); a reading task; a listening task (the teacher will be speaking, the text is the slide’s notes); and an exit pass/writing task with scaffolding.

Lesson on animals and pets. Quick recap of I have, you have, he/she has (verb TENER). Presentation of pets vocabulary with matching up activities. Writing task with scaffolding/modelling and an extra challenge for higher achievers. Final slide is ready for slap the board or beat the teacher plenary game.

A lesson that includes presentation of weather vocabulary, an exercise based on Spanish weather forecast, a presentation of ‘‘si’’ and ‘‘cuando’’ used in sentences related to weather and activities, a presentation on how to improve your reading skills, and a poem based on the weather.

Clear and simple handout on how to form the present tense for regular verbs. Laid out for fast and easy printing. Ideal for SEN/D pupils.

Handout of present tense of ALLER and FAIRE. Laid out for fast and easy printing.

A short crossword based on food. Has solutions at the bottom of the page, check before printing. Perfect for filling some time or as a starter or plenary activity.

Full lesson on when to use JUGAR or HACER in relation to sports. Includes full conjugation of jugar and hacer with consolidating fill the gap exercise; a reading task; and a writing task with scaffolding and support.